thank you for joining us today. to debate. with the. hold a referendum on a breakaway. already unanimously approved. in the autumn of twenty four. what the pressure is really piling on the british prime minister david cameron because he's set to give a speech on friday where he wants to talk about renegotiating britain's role within

the european union and that's a very difficult situation for him because there's a lot of euro skeptic m.p.'s who are piling on the pressure saying that you know the status quo really needs to be changed at the moment at the same time we've got the british public we've recently learnt that over fifty percent of them say in a recent poll that they would vote to leave the e.u. because they're fed up with the amount of money that leaves from the british. budget every month goes over to brussels at the same time they want to see a lot of powers returned to the u.k. powers that are currently ceded to brussels to do with extradition to do with the criminal justice system to do with social policies as well so for david cameron it's a difficult situation and there's definitely a feeling that the status quo is definitely being challenge so along with the scottish independence and the possible referendum over that and britain's relationship with the e.u. it's also kind of on shaky ground at the moment we've got

a group of euro skeptics m.p.'s within the parliament who say that they've actually got the backing of over one hundred tory m.p.'s who have just outlined a massive manifesto for change and this comes two days before cameron's big speech and it's almost like a shopping list of demands of what they want to see changed about britain's relationship with europe and if they can't get that they're likely to say well why don't we leave and of course the government has been accused of trying to cherry pick the policies that they do want on part of that sort of membership within the e.u. and to put aside things that they don't want and reportedly senior officials in brussels have said that the e.u. membership is not an menu and that britain can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday. there reporting from london while i still to come on the

program we report on how those in britain are eyeing an exit from the e.u. but they may find their case well actually getting a bit stronger make unemployment a tattered budget and a unity crisis fail to dampen cypresses goodbye party in brussels lawmakers praising it for exemplary leadership of the european union. a moderate islamist pariah accord crew and protests that have ended their third day still to come here on r t we report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between the people and judiciary trying to depose. another the un's atomic agency experts are back in iran for the second time in a little more than one month tehran hopes this visit will bring clear progress but stresses a deal is only possible if its rights for peaceful nuclear energy are respected the west continues to fear that iran is seeking atomic weapons and continues to pile

sanctions on the country and his arteries where if a national found out they often have the opposite effect to what was originally intended. the u.s. may be serious sanctions against iran are not targeted at the general public but there is barely a single person from the population of around seventy five million who hasn't been there. i used to buy two meters and boxes then and now they're selling them in pieces. iran's all experts fell by one million barrels a day in the last year following international embargoes taken sixty percent of the oil revenue the iranian currency lost forty percent of its value against the us dollar causing twenty five percent inflation in october the highest in decades. behind these. are suffering from rising prices and a lack of food and medicine the west sides the measures

a range at making iran give up its nuclear program which may or may not be aiming to produce weapons there isn't is the government that we have here they don't like the government they haven't liked the government for the last thirty some years and because of israeli pressures they do want to see the end of the government and having the sanctions to pressure the public opinion inside iran you know when economy is about to be very good they're hoping people will go to the streets and protest and have a revolution but the fact seems to be the opposite of cells iranian carpets one of the country's proud sources of revenue once a critic of the iranian government has recently had a change of heart if for me it's for me then why for another people who vote for another country is not forbidden for israel is not for being a father of five for american is not going to be there before we go. on or after the war they want to ask me something to do that nor we are free of your free

people you know this is the best way which my government. not only do they create anger among ordinary iranians and the iranians see their behavior towards their country as civilized but people in the region and beyond see what the united states and the europeans are trying to do so the image of the united states and europe is has been severely damaged but iran's image has also been damaged one recent poll shows iran talks the least as the country with the most negative image popular stereotypes include doesn't war and really just fanatics many. in britain and many outlets in the united states want to create an image of a villain from not only the iranian government but also the iranian people iran has been under sanctions for decades but it's only following the latest round the

country's economy has been visibly shaken and it would have some people in iran may now think it's down to the authorities mismanagement the majority still hold the u.s. and western responsible for this game change behind me has been here for years and as the supreme was quoted here suggests we will not negotiate with america even for a moment the tension it represents will most likely remain here for some time to come gratian all shot to teheran iran. and our tears coming to life from moscow as the u.s. is doubling its presence in spain this year it's just one part of a push for closer military ties across the atlantic as pentagon chief leon panetta makes his final. at the post. and a suspected gang war claims the life of the person dubbed the king of russia's mafia find out how he was killed in broad daylight right here in central moscow.

for now. summoned to the floor of the european parliament cyprus was asked to assess its actions over the last six months during which the country presided over the e.u. it was a period of sore unemployment skyrocket britain eyeing the exit door and talks on an easy huge trillion euros budget collapse but as it turns out that's not how brussels sort instead he ping preys on cypriot leadership he's put a lot of and has this report. well it was all hunch aches and slaps on the back of them a piece went through what cyprus is done in this six month tenure as the e.u. presidency and the president of cyprus saying that it was a time in which they the chief significant results and targets strange words considering that it was also a period in which the e.u. went through rising unemployment no agreement on an e.u. budget and in which cyprus continued to ask for a bailout i have to say a bailout which from here in germany many politicians all across the the bundestag

are very reluctant to approve this amid allegations of widespread tax fraud from cypriot banks but what happens next the baton gets passed on of the e.u. presidency gets passed on to the island of course a country that has had its own problems this baton essentially saving to be passed on in the relay race of the fiscally toxic island of course had to receive e.u. and i.m.f. bailout money they've also had their own problems with unemployment and it's up to them to try and put that right in the next six months in which they take over the presidency. of course correspondent peter all of our reporting right now french troops have engaged in their first battle with islamic insurgents in mali the ground operation comes after five days of intense air attacks in the region and the army is aiming to prevent the al qaeda affiliated militants who have seized vast areas in the north of the former french colony from moving towards the capital now the u.s.

is among the states assisting the combat mission however media reports from there suggest that many of those now fighting against the mali government were previously trained by american agents to combat extremism africa expert lawrence freeman told r.t. why he thinks washington's previous policies have resulted in even more violence. here several ways that it's operating i mean first of all you have after the death sentence of nation murder president khadafi you had basically within hours. no merit in the other stream you caused the border with pick up trucks notorious hardware. but you've also had the a failed attempt by the u.s. to so-called tree partners in mali and other african country. these new units moved their units to very very quickly and it was a complete failure in all these policy and when the french are pursuing it was going to fail because you can't we don't we'll start with

a real crisis by military means first say there has to be complete she industry simply forward thinking the united states in the west has to focus on the underlying problems of economic development power the food shortages the examiner and make these countries very weak and fragile and susceptible to these kinds of attacks unless that paradigm shift occurs and we're just going to be killing more people. dropping bombs and will be doing nothing we hope they're for. well here at r.t. we always love it when you get involved with the stories we're broadcasting here particularly this one about the french incursion in mali and we've been asking now for the past couple of hours what do you think it will achieve and let's have a look at the options we are offering you to vote on bring stability to the west african state bring france into a war inside islamists all result in the recall and zation of mali well some pretty here stark choices for you there let's bring up the numbers and see how you're

voting for this hour at our dot com here they come now and they have been changing a fluctuating from hour to hour though for now those still in the top position most of you thinking that this will result the french incursion in mali will result in a long drawn out conflict coming in a close number two it will result in terror attacks happening on french soil then down to the third position it could result in a recall in a zation of mali and then down to the bare minimum a very few very small number of viewers thinking that this incursion which is a multinational incursion into mali could result in some form of stability i say it's a multinational incursion it is america's getting involved now england's getting involved in fact we do know in the past twenty four hours england dispatched a c. one thirty transport plane to go in to help the french in mali though the plane did break down on the way that being said we are in a state of a media blackout in france the french media describing it as a war without images so essentially local news and french networks are not showing

pictures or not broadcasting what's actually happening on the ground in mali we know that the french military has tripled the number of boots on the ground they've already had one ground assault against islamist insurgents there and here it out see we will keep you posted and we hope here that you will keep us posted on your opinion on how this will result in mali the french and multinational encourage and just cast your vote and dot com more news to come for you after this short break. thank.

the company ever. gone. and left nothing to live. so old. for precious children. like. roger shoulders. leave it to die. on our team. right now a quarter past the hour moscow time this is r.t. with me role research outgoing u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is on

a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups it includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year a spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to leave you and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it he says that the u.s. has to be present in the cold so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. well this is r.t. and talk about a high price tag to overthrow a government and the arab spring revolutions drain the us of countries like libya and egypt according to the latest estimates if you stay with us to find out the

bill which is a massive one a changing over regime. for now one of the russian matthew years most infamous figures grandpas son has been killed right here in moscow he was shot in broad daylight right in the city center. takes up the story. often referred to in russia as grandpa her son has often been compared to al capone but his demise today is more reminiscent of the death of another american gangster john dillon the one of the biggest crime laws in russia was shot outside his favorite restaurant in central moscow and the law enforcement agencies have already reported that they have found six gun shells at the side believing this was a direct access anation attempt at ground bar he was delivered to a hospital but later died there without regaining consciousness now grant by her son was almost like a textbook russian mafia gangster as it's always been perceived in the west mostly

thanks to the hollywood movies he's been involved in many different activities the illegal gambling network the sales of weapons and drugs but many have been reporting on him that he was something of a mediator a middleman. mafia talks and he's always been a peacemaker in a different mafia conflicts very well respected by many ethnic criminal groups in russia and it's not be not the first attempt on his life you had quite a few over the past several decades most notably two years ago in two thousand and ten there was an attempt on his life when there was information for some time circulating in the media that he was even killed he was shot very seriously in the stomach had a very serious surgery and managed to survive today was not the case granted by her son died in hospital the law enforcement agencies are still investigating exactly what happened in central moscow and what led to the assassination of one of

russia's biggest criminal lords but the main version which is now being considered is obviously some sort of gang war but that is of course is yet to be determined and investigated. reporting. many stories for example fifty. legally changing official documents. and of. course. on our web site.

security forces have barricaded the pakistan's parliament with three layers of shipping containers as tens of thousands of protesters forward. the government with a final ultimatum he's demanding the parliament's dissolution and sweeping election reform. a revolution. court ordered the rest of the prime minister. bribery scandal. between the protesters the. correspondent. we are standing here in a very crucial point actually it is called the famous disk where or where the local language where dr cardigan his protest arrows are got their ads and demanded the

government to step down. and he has added to that the seven demands which briefly says that the all parliamentarian legislative institution should be dissolved and the government has to resign immediately and he's also said in his speech that he will not remove from this place even if the last person would leave but he was going to continue his demands and they knew his protest he requested all the protests there who are very ill and a golden chance as he called it to make a change in pakistan which is needed since the initial end of this country in one nine hundred forty seven now a regime change comes at a high cost recent study of the arab spring has revealed that the egyptian syrian and libyan revolutions could set those countries back some two hundred and twenty

five billion dollars a middle east economic analyst thinks the process to revive the economy is concerned will be a slow and painful one we're talking about a complete structural change in how these economies work you know removing and reforming energy subsidies and subsidies changing the way that governments deal with businesses and laws and constitutions and i think we're going to see several years of the hard slog i think it's not going to be as smooth as we saw in two thousand and eleven things are going to be difficult for the region for some time. well let's get into it now the r.t. world update will start with a bombing in iraq at least seven people being killed in what's now to be a double car bomb attack near the headquarters of the kurdish democratic party in the northern iraqi city of cook officials said more than one hundred were also

wounded at this point no one has claimed responsibility but attacks by insurgents are still frequent in iraq the country pressured by ethnic and sectarian divides. two people have been confirmed dead after a helicopter crash in central london just a kilometer south of parliament in westminster thirteen others were injured after the chopper clipped a crane on a skyscraper in heavy fog still the pilot had asked to change course because of bad weather. a suicide bomb blast in afghanistan spy agency has killed two civilians and injured dozens more a car laden with explosives was detonated by an attacker in front of the gates of the building five men wearing vests of explosives were then shot by security guards as they try to get inside the taliban swiftly claim responsibility. and to sell it now where workers at a mine owned by anglo american platinum have gone on strike over plans to fire

fourteen thousand people followed by the company to shut down three of its mines last year clashes with police during rolling strikes in the gold and platinum sectors across the country resulted in the deaths of fifty workers. and it's really so rested more than a dozen palestinian protesters attempting to return to a camp in the west bank last week demonstrators constructed a tent camp on an area israel has marked for new settlements i mean to make a village of their own it was then cleared by security forces israel's decision to go ahead with its plan to build new settler homes in the west bank has been widely condemned and is illegal under international law. we don't. know but are to talk to a former legal advisor to the palestinian negotiating team he says the actions of a weak israeli leadership could have a serious long term impact on any chance of peace that's coming up after eighteen hundred g.m.t.

terms of the palestinians there's a crisis of leadership but there's a bigger crisis of leadership in among the israelis we have an israeli prime minister who go to extreme lengths to continue to build and expand israeli settlements who doesn't want to confront the settler movement who simply wants to head israel down the path of war and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get himself reelected including attacking gaza and it is less than a week until we find out whether benjamin netanyahu is reelected as israel holds a snap parliamentary election on tuesday with the situation of a turbulent middle east heavily dependent on the outcome the whole world will be watching the vote very closely try not to miss our special coverage. how will. develop will settle to expand just isolate there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america we'll let you know who survived his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. and you stay with us

for that special coverage here on out c starting on tuesday if an hour mourners in chicago have said tearful farewells the funeral of freedom of information activist erin schwartz he took his life just last week under pressure from federal prosecutors to sort of thirty five year jail sentence against him justin morton an i.t. expert with the company schwartz actually targeted thinks the potential punishment never fitted the alleged crimes. when everything was said and done nothing in that area downloaded was ever distributed they did not pursue any charges against him i think that should have told the prosecuting attorney something you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download you p.t.s. to a hard drive. no person was harmed there was no financial benefit murder received less punishment i mean i can't even imagine how scary and terrible that must be to

have your government hell bent on putting you in a cage for thirty years for downloading some p.d.f. so if you're a depressed person that amounts to a death sentence. just a few minutes on cross talk here on r.t. for an hour though it's been four decades since the u.s. with through from vietnam ending its involvement in a war that cost both sides dearly both financially and physically but the price paid was too high for similar mistakes to be made again and some vietnam war veterans point to the fact that a history appears to be repeating itself but this time in afghanistan. well the similarities are that we're it's a war of imperialism and that the united states is involved in it for reasons other than the stated objectives. that being good for the ringing of the corporate economy and our our geopolitical stance in the mideast the people that we're writing aside from whatever their political aspirations are preventable people and

where it's where foreigners and where in their provinces but just know. or in government might have troops in say new york city new york city people were to stand together and defend their country and then soften occupation. that's the situation that some of it we had that same problem and not we were we were fighting the local people and with foreign ideas i don't think we pay enough attention to the human cost of war if we did we might be a little less interested in getting into another one now that we're talking about iran and i just a few minutes here on c s p n f l a crosstalk. what

makes life complete. love and a happy family. or self-expression. i'm sure. that's so true. for a little later. child.